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Chief economist update: Famous last words

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... 2008 - "The GSEs are adequately capitalised. They are in no danger of failing." And then wham bam thank you ma'am, Lehman Bros. filed for bankruptcy on 15 September 2008, setting off a chain of events that changed the meaning of GFC from Geelong ...

HSBC cops historic fine for Lehman-linked failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... action against HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA's Hong Kong branch in relation to the sale of derivative products, namely Lehman Brothers-related notes (LB-Notes) and Leverage Forward Accumulators (FAs). The SFC found that in 2008 HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) ...

Former Lehman Brothers chief unveils new asset manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
The creation of a new US asset manager represents former Lehman Brothers chief executive Dick Fuld's most public Wall Street comeback since Lehman's collapse in 2008. Targeting high net worth individuals, family offices and institutions, Matrix Private ...

S&P hit with historic court decision

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... could have reasonably discovered the deceit/fraud." SPB is also pursuing similar class actions concerning SCDOs issued by Lehman Brothers Australia, ANZ and Oakvale Capital. The lead partner in the class action, Amanda Banton, said this court decision ...

Second private equity firm joins battle for Fairfax

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... battle for Fairfax Media, a new US-based bidder has entered the fray. Hellman & Friedman (H&F), established in 1984 by Lehman Brothers and Salomon Brothers executives Warren Hellman and Tully Friedman and with about $50 billion in assets under management ...

BTIM builds out multi-asset team

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... addition to his senior role at JANA Partners, he was an investment banking associate at CSFB and a quantitative analyst at Lehman Brothers. BTIM chief executive Emilio Gonzalez said Caputo is a "highly regarded and talented US-based asset manager who ...

BNY Mellon strengthens insto team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... product at AMP Capital; head of premium market sales, capital markets at Westpac Bank, and head of sales and originations, at Lehman Brothers. Gambi began his financial services career at Citibank which spanned 12 years and saw him work in a variety ...

Former Ascalon head joins boutique firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... the financial services industry, Lance has also previously held Hong Kong-based executive roles with Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers and was a co-founder and chief executive of hedge fund DragonBack Capital. Blue Quay, formerly known as Pepper Investment ...

PROFILE: Standard Life Investments head of Australasian business Simone Bouch

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... global financial crisis hit, Bouch suddenly found herself in a different market. "I had very close friends working for Lehman Brothers and I watched them take their boxes out of the office. It's different being in something than watching it from the ...

CBA's wealth head moves to new EGM role

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... strategy, Westpac Institutional Bank and BT Financial Group; he has also held roles in the US at Symphony Asset Management, Lehman Brothers and A.T. Kearney.